Treatment of preschoolers with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 374-381

  Murray, Desiree W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Parenting; Preschool; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATOMOXETINE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO;

ANOREXIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPULSION; CONDUCT DISORDER; DECREASED APPETITE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; MENTAL INSTABILITY; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTING EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77958176254     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-010-0142-6     Document Type: Review

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